tearful
Adjective
- Full of or accompanied by tears; prone to crying.
- filled with or marked by tears
- "tearful eyes"
- "tearful entreaties"
Adjective Satellite
- showing sorrow
Adj
- Accompanied by tears; crying, or about to cry.
- Sorrowful.
Examples
- Aaron got a little tearful until Laura came to reassure him.
- My opponent’s TEARFUL expression after my bingo was almost heartbreaking.
Origin / Etymology
From tear + -ful.
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Scrabble Score: 10
tearful: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordtearful: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
tearful: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 12
tearful: valid Words With Friends Word